KONDUKO T. BUFFORD, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Salinas v. E. Aero Marine & Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 908 So. 2d 1169 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)
  …the employee’s refusal to perform the change of assignments constitutes misconduct connected with work “sufficient to relieve the employer of liability for unemployment benefits.” Vazquez, 431 So. 2d at 741; see also Davidson v. AAA Cooper Transp., 852 So. 2d 398, 401 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003)(“Terminated employees are not ... necessarily disqualified from receiving benefits for refusing to perform tasks outside the scope of employment.”); Maynard v. Florida Unemployment Appeals Comm’n, 609 So. 2d 143, 145 (Fla. 4t…
• Hernandez v. Am. Gen. Fin. & Fla. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 39 So. 3d 476 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010)
  …has further held that the unemployment compensation statute should be “liberally construed in favor of the claimant” and that its “disqualification provisions, being remedial in nature, are to be narrowly construed.” Davidson v. AAA Cooper Transp., 852 So. 2d 398, 401 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003) (“As this court has repeatedly stated, misconduct serious enough to warrant dismissal is not necessarily sufficiently serious to warrant forfeiture of unemployment compensation benefits.”); see also Riveras v. Unemployment Ap…
• Martinez v. Ford Midway Mall, Inc., 59 So. 3d 168 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011)
  …Moreover, Florida’s “unemployment compensation statute is ... to be liberally construed in favor of the claimant; by contrast, its disqualification provisions, being remedial in nature, are to be narrowly construed.” Davidson v. AAA Cooper Transp., 852 So. 2d 398, 401 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). Florida’s Constitution provides that [a]ll working Floridians are entitled to be paid a minimum wage that is sufficient to provide a decent and healthy life for them and their families, that protects their employers from un…